At this moment Texas has an excess of
15,000 megawatts of power available
for people across the entire state.
That said, there are almost 5000
Texans without power right now.
That same concept may happen during the
course of this particular winter storm,
and there are a variety of reasons
why people may lose power.
It could be that power lines
are down power lines by the.
Company that customers enter into
contracts with those power lines could
go down because a tree falls on the
power lines and the power lines are
no longer able at that particular
time to deliver power to a home.
That's what those.
Transmission companies that
deliver power to your house.
It's their job to make sure that they get
those power lines back up and running again.
The same thing could happen
during a winter storm.
It could be either ice on power lines,
it would cause a power line to go down,
or it could be ice on trees that causes
a tree to fall and on power lines
and cause the power line to go down.
That doesn't mean that there are
challenges with the power grid
in the state of Texas.
It means that for a short period of time,
a particular neighborhood
may be without power,
but know that your local power
company that you have contracted
with is working to make sure that
that power will be restored quickly,
even though there may not be a problem
with the Texas power grid itself.
Erkut and the head of our cut will
tell you more about this shortly.
But last Friday or Cot issued and
operating condition notice for forecast
cold weather starting tomorrow.
Yesterday the forecast for
electricity demand showed demand
for electricity that may have been
less than some earlier forecast.
The change in forecast is driven
by things like changing weather
predictions and as the weather
forecast become more clear.
So will predictions for the
amount of electricity demand.
Irkut has not yet requested enforcement
discretion from TCQ or the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality,
though they are prepared to
do so as the week progresses.
If the need arises in Arcata is
using a conservative approach to
grid management and forecast.
To make sure that they are prepared,
it's artist standing as we discussed
just moments before coming out
here that the the time during
the course of this winter storm,
when we are expecting the highest
demand for power from the power grid
is going to be on Friday morning.
Today,
right now the pronunciation is
the Turcot will have an excess of
15,000 megawatts of power available
even at the time of highest demand.
So Irkut is well prepared for
conditions as they currently stand,
but remains flexible in order to be
able to be responsive to power demand needs,
the railroad Commission, and again,
Jim, right of the Railroad Commission,
will tell you more, but top line,
the railroad Commission conducted
operational calls with local
guests. Distribution companies,
major gas producers and pipeline
operators throughout the state yesterday.
All are prepared for any potential
inclement weather and do not anticipate
any significant operational challenges.
The Railroad Commission has inspected
intrastate underground natural gas
storage facilities and they also are
anticipating no weather related limitations.
The Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality. They have.
Deployed their Emergency
Management support team.
Their disaster response strike teams and
emergency response hazmat contractors.
They're all on standby to assist
local governments with any air,
water or waste related issues,
including drinking water,
wastewater issues,
and emergency response activities.
The Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality has notified public drinking
water and wastewater systems.
About steps to take in advance
of approaching winter weather.
They also are working with or caught on.
TCQ's power emergency procedures,
especially as they could
apply to power generators.
A work group has been created
to screen emissions reports for
cold weather related conditions.
TCQ also has contacted EPA Region 6
to begin coordination of any possible
response activities and response requests.